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by MarekNYC on Sun Aug 31st, 2008 at 04:25:10 PM EST
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The right wing full-of-crap media are saying - they're actually saying this - that she has more foreign policy experience than either Obama or Biden because Alaska is across the strait from Russia.

I suppose this answers my 'What does it take to be experienced?' question.

It's homoeopathic - close proximity to extremely diluted Russian-ness makes you a foreign policy guru.

And who could have predicted that?

by ThatBritGuy (thatbritguy (at) googlemail.com) on Sun Aug 31st, 2008 at 04:53:09 PM EST
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The Republicans continuing their campaign to put satirists out of business.
by MarekNYC on Sun Aug 31st, 2008 at 05:10:11 PM EST
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Lol!  By that logic, I know more about Venezuela than the entire continental United States [being that I'm from Puerto Rico].

"Beware of the man who does not talk, and the dog that does not bark." Cheyenne
by maracatu on Sun Aug 31st, 2008 at 05:30:12 PM EST
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I really can't decide if I should be scared out of my mind or laughing my ass off.  I'd, of course, like to think it's the latter, but this is America.

Sarah Palin is not qualified to be mayor of Wasilla, Alaska.  She was nearly recalled for firing the police chief on grounds that he didn't support her in the election.  The woman believes we should outlaw birth control, and that abortion should be illegal even in cases of rape, incest or when the mother's life is in danger.

She's a Creationist.  She doesn't believe in climate change, and has sued the federal government to take polar bears off the endangered species list.

I'll bet you $50 she wouldn't allow her kids to read the Harry Potter books because of the witchcraft element.  I'm dead serious.  She's one of those nutcase soccer moms who need to be put in a straightjacket and shipped off to Bellevue.

This is the person John McCain has decided should be the next winner of America's Next Top Model Vice President of the United States.

The more I read about her, the more I'm convinced that Palin is completely fucking insane.  Which is fine, if she's just some wacko Alaskan resident voting on the presidency, but not if she's an actual candidate for office.

Conservatives want live babies so they can raise them to be dead soldiers. - George Carlin

by Drew J Jones (myfriends@thisispancakes.com) on Sun Aug 31st, 2008 at 10:57:04 PM EST
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I'll bet you $50 she wouldn't allow her kids to read the Harry Potter books because of the witchcraft element.

What about naming them 'Willow' and 'Piper' - both witches. Both into pre-marital sex, Willow tending towards women.

by MarekNYC on Sun Aug 31st, 2008 at 11:17:16 PM EST
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Ah, but the kids were born prior to the shows, as I understand it.  And you know consistency is not a Republican virtue.

Conservatives want live babies so they can raise them to be dead soldiers. - George Carlin
by Drew J Jones (myfriends@thisispancakes.com) on Sun Aug 31st, 2008 at 11:33:35 PM EST
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Sarah Palin is not qualified to be mayor of Wasilla, Alaska.  She was nearly recalled for firing the police chief on grounds that he didn't support her in the election.  The woman believes we should outlaw birth control, and that abortion should be illegal even in cases of rape, incest or when the mother's life is in danger.

She's a Creationist.  She doesn't believe in climate change, and has sued the federal government to take polar bears off the endangered species list.

I'll bet you $50 she wouldn't allow her kids to read the Harry Potter books because of the witchcraft element.  I'm dead serious.  She's one of those nutcase soccer moms who need to be put in a straightjacket and shipped off to Bellevue.

She's also the Governor of Alaska. How did that happen?

A vivid image of what should exist acts as a surrogate for reality. Pursuit of the image then prevents pursuit of the reality -- John K. Galbraith
by Migeru (migeru at eurotrib dot com) on Mon Sep 1st, 2008 at 03:40:51 AM EST
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She won the republican primary when, unbelievably, the other guy was worse. And Alaska would vote for a pink pussycat if it had an -(R) after it's name.

keep to the Fen Causeway
by Helen (lareinagal at yahoo dot co dot uk) on Mon Sep 1st, 2008 at 06:12:56 AM EST
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A good portion of the Japanese English-education system is predicated upon a similar notion - proximity to English-speaking foreigners is sufficient to impart English speaking abilities upon the students.  No actual instruction or interaction is required.
by Zwackus on Mon Sep 1st, 2008 at 01:16:43 AM EST
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Memories of my time as an English teacher in Poland:

"Mark, we're having trouble with phrasal verbs"

Me: "Well I'll prepare a lesson on that" (to myself: WTF are phrasal verbs!?). The extra brilliance was that they paid me about fifty percent more than the excellent Polish English teachers they had - presumably actual knowledge of the subject and who needs teaching skills if you've got the right accent.

by MarekNYC on Mon Sep 1st, 2008 at 02:35:55 AM EST
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